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420 items

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Formal portrait of a Japanese man (ddr-densho-259-239)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal portrait of our oldest uncle on [Masuo Yasui's] side, Taiitsuro Yasui. Taiitsuro is wearing the formal haori (formal Japanese outer jacket), but the Yasui family crest, which is a tachibana (stylized tangerine blossom), can't be seen."

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Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley (ddr-densho-259-316)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "View of the [Hood River] valley taken from Panorama Point, but from a slightly different angle."

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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-338)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-287)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A sectional Young People's Christian Conference (YPCC) which was held in Yakima, WA, February 23, 1935."

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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-336)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-335)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-337)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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Nikkei family portrait (ddr-densho-259-396)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka family, taken in their home on Pacific St., Portland."

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Farmhouse in Japan (ddr-densho-259-542)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A substantial farm house in Japan It must have been the home of a rich farmer."

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Two Issei men in coats (ddr-densho-259-256)
Masuo Yasui, right, with a man who may have been Taro Miyake. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Taro Miyake was the editor of a Portland, Oregon, Japanese vernacular newspaper called the Coast Times."

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Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-259-533)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party portrait of Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama. This photograph was probably taken in the parlor of Ernest C. and Alice Smith in Hood River."

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Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group photo, [Shidzuyo Yasui] looks quite a bit older than a bunch of young girls, so this may have been a class of her students."

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Group of Issei and Nisei gathered in front of a train (ddr-densho-259-198)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese standing beside a couple of cars of a passenger train. [Renichi Fujimoto] is standing a little off to himself on the left in the shade, and from left to right are: Homer [Yasui] (looking up at [Shidzuyo Yasui]), Shizue Iwatsuki, Katsusaburo Tamura on the steps of …

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Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

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Portrait of an Issei family (ddr-densho-259-161)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Katsusaburo and Michiko Tamura family, showing [left to right] Alice, Mrs. Michiko, George, Oscar, Katsusaburo & Harry."

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Portrait of Nikkei family (ddr-densho-259-478)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another family portrait of the Tomihiro family." Left to right: Senichi Tomihiro, Chiye Tomihiro, and Satoru Tomihiro.


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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-491-1)
Working as an orderly in two camp hospitals

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-491-18)
Thoughts on the pressures of being Nisei

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-491-19)
Opinions of Sansei and future generations of Japanese Americans

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-491-2)
An eventful job as a "toilet inspector" in camp

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-491-12)
Mostly interacting with Japanese Americans in Portland

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-491-9)
Experiencing discrimination while in medical school

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Homer Yasui Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-491-4)
Conflict with Japanese Americans from Hawaii in camp